John Bishop announces huge new UK tour with bargain-priced tickets – and they go on sale this week

POPULAR comedian John Bishop has answered the prayers of millions by launching a 2025 arena circuit of the UK, to observe 25 years successful drama and tickets are lone £25.

The Liverpool-born comic has chosen to marque the prices affordable for his fans successful airy of the ongoing outgo of surviving crisis.

Starting successful Plymouth adjacent October, the sixteen day lawsuit volition includes performances astatine London’s O2 arena, Manchester’s Frog and Bucket wherever the comedian archetypal started his vocation successful 2000.

The Brighton Centre, Liverpool's Ms& S slope arena and finishing disconnected successful November astatine Belfast's, SSE arena.

Speaking astir this tenth basal up tour, the 57-year-old said: ““I can’t judge that adjacent twelvemonth it volition beryllium 25 years since I archetypal performed astatine the Frog and Bucket successful Manchester.

It’s been a rollercoaster! And I can’t convey the instrumentality capable who person supported maine each the way. I wanted to people the day with a marque caller circuit and bash thing to accidental convey you – truthful each summons passim the circuit volition be£25. I anticipation you tin travel and observe with me.”

Prior to venturing into basal up, John worked arsenic a pharmaceutircal rep, erstwhile helium decided to effort his manus astatine basal up comedy, appearing for the archetypal clip astatine Manchesters Frog and Bucket successful the twelvemonth 2000 to conscionable a fistful of people.

From determination his pursuing grew and helium soon made his tv debut connected Irish drama amusement The Panel, earlier winning the relation of Rob Fitch successful E4’s teen play Skins for seasons 3 and four.

Since past the comic antheral hasn’t looked backmost and hosted galore of his ain shows including, John Bishop's Britain, John Bishop's Only Joking and The John Bishop Show.

He is besides a regular panellist on Have I Got News For You and League Of Their Own.

John Bishop: In Conversation With... is John's speech show, which premiered successful September 2016.

Broadcast on W, the TV transmission formerly known arsenic Watch, the archetypal acceptable of episodes saw the comedian interrogation the likes of James Corden, Charlotte Church and Lenny Henry.

John has besides starred arsenic Dan Lewis in Doctor Who.

In October 2022 helium was a impermanent justice on ITV's Masked Dancer.

John has hosted a podcast called Three Little Words with chap histrion Tony Pitts since 2020.

John is happily joined to his wife Melanie Bishop.

The brace divided successful 2000 for 18 months, which is erstwhile John started his drama career.

They reunited aft she turned up to 1 of his gigs and heard him telling jokes astir her.
The brace person 3 sons: Joe (born 1994), Luke (born 1996), and Daniel (born 1998).

John has a household location based successful Northwich, Cheshire.

In May 2018, John revealed helium is "massively proud" of his sons.

He said successful his acceptance code for the Celebrity Ally Award astatine the British LGBT Awards: "Like each parents we person problems with them.

"One of my sons has a tattoo connected his ankle that was meant to beryllium Africa but looks similar Australia, 1 of my sons mumbles and 1 of my sons is simply a cheery man."

John’s eldest lad Joe was diagnosed with an autoimmune information called Cogans Syndrome, that has led to the deterioration of his proceeding and progressive deafness.

Father and lad appeared successful a documentary unneurotic to rise consciousness of the information called John and Joe Bishop: Life After Deaf.